Cymaenes | |
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Cymaenes tripunctus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Cymaenes Scudder, 1872 |
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species include: [1]
The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.
Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria.
Cobalopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cogia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Cynea is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Eutychide is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Lychnuchus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Methionopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Porphyrogenes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Vacerra is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.